Borchard sentenced Trimbel to six years and nine months to 10 years in prison for two counts of armed robbery, a single count of conspiring to commit that crime, and four firearm offenses. The judge also sentenced Trimbel to the mandatory two years for four counts of possessing a firearm during the commission of a felony. Trimbel first must serve that sentence, for which he received 248 days credit, or just more than eight months, before beginning the longer sentence.

Trimbel, who last lived at 907 N. Harrison, pleaded in connection with an incident that occurred about 2:45 a.m. Dec. 15 at North Bates and Throop on Saginaw's West Side and an incident that occurred about 10:15 p.m. that night outside A-B-O Tent Events, 525 Stoker in Carrollton Township.

In the first incident, a 23-year-old woman testified that she and her 22-year-old friend were walking to her friend's house when a black Pontiac Aztek stopped and a black man wearing black clothing and a black ski mask quickly approached them and said, “Run your pockets,” a street term for telling somebody to hand over their belongings.

He took an iPod, headphones, two cellphone chargers, and keys from the 23-year-old and an iPod and cellphone from the 22-year-old, the women testified.

The robber also stole the 23-year-old woman's coins, she testified.

“I said, 'Are you really going to take my change?' He said, 'If that's what it takes,' ” she said.

Michigan State Police Detective Sgt. Andrew Longuski testified that he interviewed Trimbel on Jan. 3 and that Trimbel told him he was the driver of the Aztek and that somebody named James was the robber.

In the second incident, a 21-year-old man testified that as he looked before backing a Buick out of the parking spot, he and his mother, 44, noticed a black sports utility vehicle blocking their path.

Seconds later, Trimbel came to her side of the vehicle and knocked on the door, the mother said. After a quick conversation, Trimbel jerked the door open further, hit her in the chest with the handgun, and said, “(Expletive), give me your purse and don't say a word,” she testified.

— Andy Hoag covers courts for MLive/The Saginaw News. Email him at ahoag@mlive.com or follow him on Twitter @awhoag